It’s official: Ichiro’s back for two more years

The Yankees have officially re-signed Ichiro Suzuki to a two-year contract, the team announced. The deal is reportedly in the neighborhood of $13M, or $6.5M annually for luxury tax purposes.

To make room on the 40-man roster, the Yankees designated Jim Miller for assignment. They claimed the 30-year-old right-hander off waivers from the Athletics late last month. He pitched to a 2.59 ERA (4.74 FIP) in 48.2 innings for Oakland last year and owns a 2.42 ERA (4.42 FIP) with big strikeout (8.10 K/9 and 20.4 K%) and walk (5.12 BB/9 and 12.9 BB%) rates in 63.1 career big league innings.